STACK August 2016 Issue 142

he Brothers Grimm’s

Snow White

and Hans Christian

ndersen’s

The Snow Queen

collide in a fantasy fairy tale

ace-off that results in something akin to

Frozen,

albeit

ot so cute. A prequel to

Snow White and the Huntsman

risten Stewart misses out, but with Emily Blunt and Jessica

hastain joining returning stars Charlize Theron and Chris

emsworth (looking abs-olutely smashing), that’s no cause

or chagrin. The story? Eric (Hemsworth) and warrior mate

ara (Chastain) have to hide their love away, for Queen Freya

(

Blunt) has banned such mushy stuff from her ice palace

while she’s warring with her sister, Ravenna (Theron). You won’t be seeing this

adorning little kids’ lunchboxes, pencil cases, torsos, beds or anything else

that you can slap marketing on. But

Winter’s War

nails what fairy tales were

originally about – being dark, broody and disquieting.

(See page 32)

The story before Snow White.

The Huntsman: WINTER'S WAR

Release Date:

04/08/16

Format:

ince we last caught up with Mac (Seth Rogen) and

elly (Rose Byrne), another bun has popped into the

ven. This has led to some serious life decisions for the

air – most notably to sell up their home and shuffle

ff to the kiddie-friendly burbs. Everything looks on

rack and they have a buyer, but a 30-day cooling off

eriod, and the arrival within this time of wild sorority

appa Nu next door, leads Mac and Kelly to resort to

esperate measures. How desperate? They call in an

expert – former nemesis Teddy (Zac Efron), who initially

sides with the Kappa Nu sisters, until they turn on him. They hatch some

devious schemes, but the girls aren’t so easily moved. As wonderfully

dumb as the original, the addition of Chloë Grace Moretz rocks, but once

again it's the loveably dumb dude-bro Teddy who steals the show.

There's a new war next door.

BAD NEIGHBOURS 2

Release Date:

25/08/16

Format:

One day you’re the queen of the corporate world, with

enough money to make Oprah green with envy. Then you’re

done for insider trading, discover more about the inside via

a prison stint, and re-enter the world with nothing – the

result of stepping upon pretty much everybody on your rise

to the top. This is the story of Michelle Darnell (Melissa

McCarthy), who subsequently lumps herself upon her

former assistant Claire (Kristen Bell) and young daughter

while she endures a bout of self pity, before tasting her

host’s brownies and plugging back into her entrepreneurial

streak. Here we learn the lengths Darnell will go to in order to succeed –

again. An interesting mixture of gross-out humour with a little heart folded

in,

The Boss

has many laughs, although much like if you’ve scarfed a whole

plate of brownies, you may feel a bit guilty afterwards.

Watch your assets.

THE BOSS

Release Date:

11/08/16

Format:

Olympic glory is something that many kids crave – many

adults too, even when they’re past their prime. Young Brit

Michael Edwards was no different, despite being hamstrung

by woeful eyesight and a rather stodgy figure. But he

persevered, and became quite a good downhill skier – yet

not good enough for the Olympics. So, he decided to take

on the dangers of ski-jumping instead – the first such English

Olympian since the 1920s to do so. Taron Egerton steps up

as Eddie, while Hugh Jackman plays his (fictional) louche

American coach Bronson Peary. From childhood through

training and onto the big event,

Eddie the Eagle

is a fabulous feel-good family

flick all the way, in a similar vein to 1993’s true tale of Jamaican bobsledders

Cool Runnings

– which, incidentally, happened at the same Olympics. There

must have been something in that lovely Canadian air, eh?

(See page 34)

Win or lose, always aim high.

EDDIE THE EAGLE

Release Date:

03/08/16

Format:

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